འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་

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འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ is the title used for the hereditary monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title
royal title
appoints Chief Justice of Bhutan (formally)
Prime Minister of Bhutan (formally)
associatedWith Bhutanese royal family
surface form: House of Wangchuck
capitalCity Thimphu
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan
surface form: Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan (2008)
constitutionalRole supreme commander of the Armed Forces of Bhutan
symbol of unity of the Kingdom of Bhutan
country Bhutan
currentMonarch Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
dynastyStartYear 1907
establishedBy National Assembly of Bhutan
surface form: National Assembly of Bhutan (1907 enthronement)
firstMonarch Ugyen Wangchuck
flagAssociation upper yellow field of the flag of Bhutan
language Dzongkha
literalMeaning Dragon King
monarchyType constitutional monarchy
nationalSymbol Druk
surface form: Druk (Thunder Dragon)
predecessorSystem dual system of government (Chhoe-sid-nyi)
predecessorTitle Druk Desi
Zhabdrung Rinpoche (as theocratic ruler)
religion Vajrayana Buddhism
religiousTitle protector of Buddhism in Bhutan
residence Lingkana Palace
Tashichho Dzong
role head of state of Bhutan
hereditary monarch of Bhutan
script Tibetan script
styleOfAddress His Majesty the King of Bhutan
succession hereditary
successionLaw male-preference cognatic primogeniture (historically)
usedIn Bhutan
surface form: Kingdom of Bhutan

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Druk Gyalpo nativeName འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་